Today's poet

[Hes]

Thanks Freckle!

The Gallery in Masham produced a book to accompany my exhibition entitled 'Home' and it contains a selection of haiku from my diary and all of the prints that were in the exhibition (plus some blurb about how I did them etc). The gallery is currently republishing it with a different online publisher and so it should be a bit cheaper soon but it is currently available via Blurb.
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/1635605-home-hester-cox

In fact come to think of it Hes produced a book of haiku and prints, Hes here is an excellent opportunity to publicise it!!!!!
:-)

[Hes]

Lovely choice Mossdog! I was reading a selection of Carol Ann Duffy's love poems today whilst stuck in traffic. Gridlock has something going for it if you have good poetry to hand.

YOU

Uninvited, the thought of you stayed too late in my head,
so I went to bed, dreaming you hard, hard, woke with your name,
like tears, soft, salt, on my lips, the sound of its bright syllables
like a charm, like a spell.

Falling in love
is glamourous hell; the crouched, parched heart
like a tiger ready to kill; a flame's fierce licks under the skin.
Into my life, larger than life, beautiful you strolled in.

I hid in my ordinary days, in the long grass routine,
in my camouflage rooms. You sprawled in my gaze,
staring back from someone's face, from the shape of a cloud,
from the pining, earth-struck moon which gapes at me

as I open the bedroom door. The curtains stir. There you are
on the bed, like a gift, like a touchable dream.


Carol Ann Duffy

[Hes]

I really liked the Mary Oliver selection Freckle and Alf!

[Alf]

Thanks Freckle!

The Gallery in Masham produced a book to accompany my exhibition entitled 'Home' and it contains a selection of haiku from my diary and all of the prints that were in the exhibition (plus some blurb about how I did them etc). The gallery is currently republishing it with a different online publisher and so it should be a bit cheaper soon but it is currently available via Blurb.
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/1635605-home-hester-cox

Looks a lovely book Hes. Are all the Haiku yours? they are very good. Are you still a "fringe dweller"

[Alf]

YOU

Uninvited, the thought of you stayed too late in my head,
so I went to bed, dreaming you hard, hard, woke with your name,
like tears, soft, salt, on my lips, the sound of its bright syllables
like a charm, like a spell.

Falling in love
is glamourous hell; the crouched, parched heart
like a tiger ready to kill; a flame's fierce licks under the skin.
Into my life, larger than life, beautiful you strolled in.

I hid in my ordinary days, in the long grass routine,
in my camouflage rooms. You sprawled in my gaze,
staring back from someone's face, from the shape of a cloud,
from the pining, earth-struck moon which gapes at me

as I open the bedroom door. The curtains stir. There you are
on the bed, like a gift, like a touchable dream.


Carol Ann Duffy

Loved that one Mossy

[Alf]

"Emma Lazarus was asked for an original poem to be auctioned off as a
fundraiser for the building of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
Though she initially declined, Lazarus later used the opportunity to
express the plight of refugee immigrants, who she cared greatly about.
Her resulting sonnet, "The New Colossus", includes the iconic lines
"Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,"
and is inscribed on a plaque on the pedestal of the monument."



The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Emma Lazarus

[Hes]

Hi Alf, thanks! yes the haiku are all mine. I was keeping a haiku diary that year and I selected the ones I liked the best to go in the book. I'm going to try and start writing them again this year. Re fringe dwelling...not so much really, certainly didn't feel like it when I experienced gridlock yesterday but sometimes my lifestyle seems left of centre

Looks a lovely book Hes. Are all the Haiku yours? they are very good. Are you still a "fringe dweller"

[Hes]

That's such a powerful poem.

"Emma Lazarus was asked for an original poem to be auctioned off as a
fundraiser for the building of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
Though she initially declined, Lazarus later used the opportunity to
express the plight of refugee immigrants, who she cared greatly about.
Her resulting sonnet, "The New Colossus", includes the iconic lines
"Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,"
and is inscribed on a plaque on the pedestal of the monument."



The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Emma Lazarus

[Hes]

Short, simple and sweet...like some of the best things in life :wink:

Alicante

An orange on the table
Your dress on the rug
And you in my bed
Sweet present of the present
Cool of the night
Warmth of my life.

Jacques Prevert

[Mossdog]

Thanks Freckle!

The Gallery in Masham produced a book to accompany my exhibition entitled 'Home' and it contains a selection of haiku from my diary and all of the prints that were in the exhibition (plus some blurb about how I did them etc). The gallery is currently republishing it with a different online publisher and so it should be a bit cheaper soon but it is currently available via Blurb.
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/1635605-home-hester-cox

All I can say is
WOW and more WOWING again
I want one right now!

REALLY DO!!! Beautiful